On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:45 PM, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've had those boneheads demand to search my shopping cart and see my > receipt at the exit. If I wanted to shop in a maximum security > prison, I would shop at San Quentin. Costco is another place where I > will go only when I have a specific bigticket item in mind that I can > save a lot of money on -- they check off every item on the receipt > when you exit, which is truly annoying and intrusive. I usually brush > off the search requests, but who needs the stress... >
Wal-Mart has tremendous theft problems. People actually race out of the store with unpaid for expensive items in their shopping cart, usually winning despite the cart checkers and security devices. Wal-Mart and Home Depot are noted for people shop lifting items then returning them for refunds. If you're checked or not depends upon where you shop. One Wal-Mart I shop at is on the wrong side of town. The other is in the high tech area of town. In one, I expect to be challenged on the way out. In the other trying to get some one's attention when I leave the store is difficult.
